2 Samuel 20:22:122 Sam.20.22.W12TAB
בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר
bashofar
“with the trumpet”
- Transliteration
- ba-sho-FAR
- Extended
- bah-shoh-FAAR
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃoːˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the trumpet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-sho-FAR
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV ve-yo-AV SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-im el-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The clause vayyitqa bashofar {וַיִּתְקַע בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר | va-yit-qa ba-sho-FAR} ‘he blew the ram’s horn’ serves as a military signal, followed by vayyaputsū me’al ha’ir ish le’ohalav {וַיָּפֻצוּ מֵֽעַל־הָעִ֖יר אִ֣ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֑יו | va-ya-pu-TSU me-ʿāl hā-ʿîr ʾīš le-ʾō-hā-LAV}, a niphal imperfect indicating reflexive dispersal.
Root and etymology
š-p-rshin–pe–resh
“ram’s horn, trumpet”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:22
And the woman came to all the people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. Then he blew the trumpet , and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 20:22, so the Hebrew word בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר (bashofar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.20.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.22.W12.S1) and character.